Garden Walls And Terrace Walls Adjoining South East Of North Wyke

The garden and terrace walls adjoining the south-east of North Wyke were built in 1904. They are made of coursed small blocks of Cocktree stone ashlar, topped with granite ashlar coping. From the front left end of the gatehouse range of North Wyke, a high wall with soffit-chamfered granite coping extends south-eastwards, sloping down to follow the natural fall of the ground. In the center, there is a gateway featuring square section gate posts that rise higher than the wall, which have soffit-moulded granite coping and ball finials. The gateway contains original tall wrought iron double gates, decorated with twists, scrolls, and fleur-de-lys. The wall then returns north-north-eastwards, supporting the terraced lawns in front of the house and forming a low parapet with soffit-moulded granite coping. The exterior of the wall is reinforced by a series of piers, with the parapet sloping up to these piers, which also have ball finials. The wall projects forward in a semicircle around a bench, and further along, there is a flight of stone steps leading from the garden terrace to the farmland below. This wall and terrace are part of a garden design associated with the refurbishment of North Wyke in 1904.